Watch-easel.



J. R. PALMER.

WATCH EASEL.

APPLICATION man JUNE 21. I911.

Patented Apr. 2,1918.

WITNESS ATTORNEY JOHN R. PALMER, OF REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS.

WATGH-EASEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed June 27, 1917. Serial No. 177,325.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. PALMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Revere, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in l/Vatch-Easels, of Y whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in the construction ofeasels for displaying watches or similar articles, and the object of theinvention is to produce an easel for this purpose stamped from a singlesheet of flat spring metal slitted or cut whereby all of the portionsbounded by the said slits and cuts may be bent to provide spring meansfor effectively engaging with and supporting a watch or similar deviceupon the easel and also whereby the said members may be readily returnedto their initial positions so that a great number of the easels may bearranged one upon the other to provide a small compact bundle forshipment or storage.

With the above and other objects in View the improvement resides in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the improvement supporting awatch,

Fig. 2 i a similar view of the easel, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view'of the easel.

In the manufacture of easels constructed in accordance with the presentinvention, a great number of the same may be produced by a suitablemachine at a single operation thereof.

The easel is constructed from a substantially rectangular thin,preferably resilient plate 1, the same at one of its ends having itscorners referably but not necessarily rounded, as lndicated in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing by the numerals 2, and the end of the plate 1 provided withthe said rounded orners i centrally cut inwardly at a curvature asindicated in the said Fig. 4.- by the numeral 3. The plate at a suitabledistance from its outer or straight end is slitted longitudinally andangularly as indicated by the characters H in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

The oppositely diverging slits 4: terminate a suitable distance inwardlyof the rounded incut portion 3 at one of the ends of the plate 1 and thesaid plate, from the terminal of the said slits, is further slitted bothtransversely and longitudinally so as to provide the supporting member 5at the corners of its free end with extensions 6-6 and these extensionsare designed to be bent or rounded upon themselves when the supportingmember is arranged angularly with respect to the plate, which in realityforms the base of the easel.

By reference to the drawing it will be noted that the wall between theextensions 6 which provide the downturned fingers for the angularsupport 5 is rounded, and consequently the lit portion providing thereduced end of the support also provides the base 1 with a tongue 7 thatis disposed longitudinally and extended inwardly of the opening providedin the base when the support 5 is raised above the base and this tongue7 is rounded upwardly, as clearly illustrated in the drawings. Therounded corners of the base are bent upwardly, as at 8, and the lowerportion of the watch 9 is designed to be received between the tongue 7and the said outbent corners 8 of the base 1, while the lingers 6 of thesupport 5 are designed to engage with the watch at the opposite sides ofthe stem thereof as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

While I have described the device as constructed from a plate of metalwhich naturally embodies an inherent resiliency, it is to be understoodthat the same may be constructed of any other desired material.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A watch easel struck from a flat blank of material having one of itsends at the corners thereof rounded and the central portion of the saidend rounded inwardly and the rounded corners upstruck, said plate beingslotted longitudinally and angularly from its traight end to itsreferred to rounded end, the plate from the terminal of the said angularslotted portions being further slotted transversely and inwardly in arounded line from the said transverse slots, providport said fingersdesigned to be rounded ing the portion of the plate bounded by thedownwardly and the said tongue designed to said slots with a bendablesupport and with be rounded upwardly, all as and for the fingers at thecorner of the said tongue, and purpose set forth. 10 5 the plate properwith a tongue extending In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.lnwardly of the space occupied by the sup- JOHN R. PALMER.

Galilee oi this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Pateute.

Washington, D, (3.

